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Candlestick

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1790-1810

GUSN

GUSN-3925

Description

square base with beaded decoration circular shaft with fluting near base, going up to square top. Original bobeche are square with beading. Removable.

Details

Descriptive Terms

candlesticks
bell metal
brass (alloy)
Neoclassical
Brass
Unidentified Metal
Neoclassical
CANDLESTICK

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

9.25 x 3.625 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.267AB

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